seat Signification, définition

Signification de seat en français

• 0 an object sb sits on -- siège [ masculine ]

  • Is this seat taken? Est-ce que ce siège est occupé ?

  • a bicycle seat une selle de bicyclette

• 1 a place to sit on public transportation or at an event -- place [ feminine ]

  • There are seats in the back of the bus. Il y a des places à l’arrière du bus.

  • front row seats des places au premier rang

• 2 a position in an organization that makes laws -- siège [ masculine ]

  • The Democrat won the Senate seat. Le Démocrate a remporté le siège au Sénat.

• 3 to have enough seats for a particular number of people -- pouvoir accueillir

  • a stadium that seats 50,000 spectators un stade qui peut acccueillir 50 000 spectateurs

• 4 to arrange for sb to sit in a particular place -- placer

  • I’ve seated her father next to me. J’ai placé son père à côté de moi.

• 5 something for sitting on -- siège

  • Are there enough seats for everyone?

• 6 the part of a chair etc on which the body sits -- siège

  • This chair-seat is broken.

• 7 (the part of a garment covering) the buttocks -- derrière, fond

  • I’ve got a sore seat after all that horse riding

  • a hole in the seat of his trousers.

• 8 a place in which a person has a right to sit -- place, siège

  • two seats for the play

  • a seat in Parliament

  • a seat on the board of the company.

• 9 a place that is the centre/center of some activity etc -- siège

  • Universities are seats of learning.

• 10 to cause to sit down -- (faire) asseoir

  • I seated him in the armchair.

• 11 to have seats for -- permettre tant de places assises

  • Our table seats eight.